knvs
07-03-2005, 11:59 AM
MY brother is gonna upgrade his stereo in his STi and I'm looking for some recomondations. I work for a retailer so I can get a few brands for cheap. I really don't know what he is running, but I can tell u that he has a Alpine headunit (say a $450 one) I have no idea what speakers, and 2 US acoustic amps (bout $450 each too) He's a young guy so he likes things lound :rolleyes: . His old Sub (Lightning audio) wasn't lound enough so we swapped it out and put it into my dads car which had a blown Alpine Type R (10")
I'm looking into Infinity Kappa Perfects all around (2 pairs of components and 10" DVC sub) i can get the component for about $150 a pair and the sub for $98. Now I've heard that the Kappa's need a lot of power so I might have to upgrade amp too...
I'm also looking at Kicker stuff. I'm not a big fan but I get about 70% off from them. So I'm also looking into their high end speakers stuff don't know model # yet because I haven't looked.
As far as amp goes, once again looking at kicker, or MTX, just becasue I can get some deals on them.
I've been reading the forum and it seems like a lot of people like DLS. What other companies should I look at? Would entry level high end speakers be better then high end decent speaker company.
Now I'm personally about sound quality and I know more about home audio stuff. I personally have M&K surround sound powered by a Pioneer Elite receiver so I like more quality in sound. For those of you who don't know, M&K are pretty much the speakers that Gerorge Lucas used to set the THX certification. I know there are better souding car stuff just like in Home Theater. My brothers budget is probably $500 or so on speakers and mebe another $350-500 for amp
I'm looking into Infinity Kappa Perfects all around (2 pairs of components and 10" DVC sub) i can get the component for about $150 a pair and the sub for $98. Now I've heard that the Kappa's need a lot of power so I might have to upgrade amp too...
I'm also looking at Kicker stuff. I'm not a big fan but I get about 70% off from them. So I'm also looking into their high end speakers stuff don't know model # yet because I haven't looked.
As far as amp goes, once again looking at kicker, or MTX, just becasue I can get some deals on them.
I've been reading the forum and it seems like a lot of people like DLS. What other companies should I look at? Would entry level high end speakers be better then high end decent speaker company.
Now I'm personally about sound quality and I know more about home audio stuff. I personally have M&K surround sound powered by a Pioneer Elite receiver so I like more quality in sound. For those of you who don't know, M&K are pretty much the speakers that Gerorge Lucas used to set the THX certification. I know there are better souding car stuff just like in Home Theater. My brothers budget is probably $500 or so on speakers and mebe another $350-500 for amp